The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-07-01

~ - To ~ tilr- who are abussi and
s-aiil',.1s'l ana l-afles-ifs-t When Herod put
: 'iin = de-lh- the disciples knew that their
onn hrads Eene not sale And do vou Know
tilai every JOHN has a Herods There are
Irflqiis IA life shn do no. wish you very
sci l9ar misforfunss are honereomls %
tii-'n- lhruuEh their t-rh they his at
s'l- inisintssI'reI your motives, and would be
fi-d % - Fun upset No nan gets through
lle without having puinmeliing. Soule SLAM
- ,''.i.-- niler feu, norned and tusksd and
hpficd- ~ gore and frannple you. and What
I a. tf.l - Do tel yea plainly that an who
- - Ihrlst mus suffer perserutiou Il IS
I'D udfst 49, ~ tie World for voti n l. ala
= saF ! haven't an enemy in the world .
Hpe 4 pronounced IN the Bible against the
on - whom s1ts-fsI1ody sIseaks well II Won
! e. ~ I.ace with al The world. aud every
I by lAs- guu and approves your work. Il IS
l-a''.'ise Foa ~ an der IN the Lords vine
yard aud an M doing your duty.
All thnss vic have served Christ, however
] fruine1f have hem malfneafei ar sons stage
Z ~ tis-Ir esfssrlsrloe You know II was 80 IN
L - tine ~ iie1rEe Nhiteiiela, When he stood
ani invited rnsn into The kingdom of God
7 y hat did the lsslriled DR. Jolns1n say Of
hifni Hc pruleuncai him miserable mounta-
na1E hqH Vas Il when Robert Hall stood
/ all sfioEe a. scaraely any uuiHsplrcd man
{ fEar DID speak of the gi0ries Of Heaven.
AID a. b. sfGl1 Sabbath after Sabbath
F IaelciinE On these themes his face kindled
Win he ginry. John Foster, a Christian
t zurl. said II tnis man Robert Hall IS only
a7fius ani fils smile on his face is a refiee-
+ tirn ~ bis oNu vanity John Wesley turned
al hn-lAli upside down with Christian re-
t fqrm. 1ni Vct the puusiers were after him,
I ana siis rlisansst j9kss IN England were per
f--frut'i atr'rilr Jrhn Wesley. What D. trti.
- tae Illpit Is srue q llis pew; II IS true Of
~ Tfrost II i true q the shop. and the store.
AL Niio vii lire godiy in Christ Jesus must
suffer persecution
And { - 8, down as the very worst sign in
ali 17ur Christian experience II you are, any
/ q gNu- RI peane with ali the Horid The re-
Z t-llu OF Chris j. war. II IL a challenge to
'tie World. the flesh and the DEVIL" and if
T y1a viii buckle on the whole srmOr Of God.
E fna Hll find great host disputing YOUR path
7 i,sfEeeu the and heaven. But what are YOU
F - d. SHEA yoa arr assaulted and slandered
3 an atlus-i. as siirIluse nearly all Of YOU
/ have been IN your life Go out and hunt up
] tile siandrrar. Oh, M, silly mani While you
ursefi laiuipg apny falsahOod In one place.
lifF is-iI,le vii just have heard Of it in other
T filt1fa
rluuz'l Fau % another course While
{ fou ar MOI - omit any opportunity Ct st
tias yourselves right, want b tell you this
luosuiug ~ one who had the hardest things
Sail uiJlut Him wlluse s1hriefT was Disputed
Whi-e mission WIS secuted. who's coinpan-
iqlashir sas denounced, who was pursued as
a
hpaiel NJ after He was dead | will have
va g. unto Him with your bruised soul, in
enine luuIilsc, chiid-prayer, saying; Il Sc
Thy Wuunds-woun1s Of bead wounds OF
fast. wounds Of heart Now, look at my
u1Ends and So what I have suffered. and
through what battles am going: and l en-
treat lhfe, By thoae wounds Of Thine SYM
Eafhizs with me And be- will sympathize,
AMI lie uiu help. 60 and tell Jesus
Again ] commend the behavior Of the
dis1ipfs n all who may have been ierpayed
H1n many IN gnrb a mourning, II you could
sand ~ this point where am standing and
loak OF ufpun this audience, how many signals
a. s1ruE you would behold. God has His
0sn way ~ taking apart family. Wei must
81 0Ilf % the way for coming generations
We must gef OF fla STAGE that others may
come on aud for this reason there Is a long
PROGRESSION reaching down all the time into
liz valley Of shadows
Tlis emigration from time into eternity is
- tast an eufarpTisa, that VIC cannot under
stand b. Every hour We hear the clang Of
fiia s-fiiicilrad gate. The sol must be broken
lls sruuBd must b. plOughed for resuTec-
tinH harvest Eternity must be Ieopled.
The dust must pres our eyeiids a.lt Is ap-
paiiitsd unto ali men once 70 die This emf
l-raiiaA from time into efernity keeps three
feurtiis Of fie families of the earth in desola-
ton. The sir is rent with farenells, and the
hi1cs tass He'd vehicles Of death rumble
tilruugh every street.
The body q the child that was folded so
closely 70 The mofber's heart is put away in
fhe cold and the darkness. The laughter
fFrszs= " the girls Lip. nns the ruse sca;ters
The 10y IN tie harvest field Of Shunam says
N J had my head = and they carry hun
,.'s'.7 q .ie On ne lap e his mother. WIDOW
tie Ta.ior Of the check orpbanage cries in
rAin for father and mother. Oh, the grave
Z cruel With teeth Of stone, i clutches for
IL urer- l--faeen the CLOSING gales NJ the
seTuiehre, our hearts are mangleil and
e-ssl'ed Is there aay earthly soiaee
Aone. Ne come . the olf=equies,
sc ~ with the grief-stricken, We talk pa
fhe-leaiiy - their souis but soon the ohsequies
have plsss-d- the cs-.rlagcs have left Us At the
1oof. The friends who stayed for a few days
aFe gone, and the heart sits in desolation,
ilsi-llne Tor the little feet that will never
again gafter through the hall. or looking for
fiie entrance Of those Nh1 viii never come
aEain-sighing into the darkness ever and
auon coming across some look or garment, or
little shoe or picture. that anouses former as
s1..infion- almfsi killing the heat
l-QnE days aud nights Of suffering that wear
ouf t1e spirit, aud sxpunge the bright lines Of
ifa, and give haSgsriness TO the face. and
draw he flesh tight down over the cheek bone,
aa1 draS dark lines under the sunken eye,
and tiis hand is tremulous. and tn voice is
hnsty and uncertain, ard the grief is wear
M. grinding. secumrlafirg, exhausting.
-ou. what are such toaof Are they merely ]
% lo5k up intoa b a zen and Implying heavens
Are they - walk blasted heath unfei Of |
stream, uusheifsrei by overarching treel 1
Has God furnsd ns out on the barren common
% def Oh, no. no, no. He has not He 1
c1rlts with sympathy and kindness and love. (
IL understands al our grief He sass the l
heirht- su9 the depth, and the length, and /
.ls breadth Il H. lie IS the only one that ]
can fully sympa.hize. Go and tel Jesus I
6c<neflmes when We have trouble we 20 10 I
our friends and we explain it. and they /
fTy % symIa1hize; but they do not /
understand u. They cannot understand IT,
buf Christ 49, all ever Il, and all through il
be not O1ly counts the tears and records the
c1lans. but before the tears started, before
Inc Efoafis began. Christ saw the inmoSt I
hiding pisoe n your spTruw, and He takes Il, 4
and He weighs II. and He measures it, and /
he pifies Il with an ali -absorbing pity. Bone
Of oar bone Flesh Of our flesh. Heart Of
or bart Borrow o. our sorrOw.
As long a. he remembers Lazarus grave
He all stand By you in the cemetery. As
long a. Re remembers His own heart break,
he VII stand by you in the laeeration Of your
afreetionk When he foreets tho fo0t-s0re
way, the sleepless nights, the weary body,
ne exhausted mind the awful cruss, the
slisnIn grave. then he will forget you, but
aaf emil then
Often when We were In trouble We sent for
aur frlends. but they were far away. they
-oriif not 81 % IA We wrote 70 them
Cane rirh. away or felegrfphel. Take
III next traiu.7 They came at lasr, yet were
} great ah.le IN coming. or perhaps were too
ale BAT Christ Is always near-heforc you,
.ehind Jon. within you. No mathereTer threw
ser arlnz around Ter child with such warmth
md ecstasy q affection rs Christ has shown to
anrIis you Close AZ hand-nearer than the
'taf upon which you lean, nearer than the
up you put 70 your lip, nearer than the
handkerchief with which you wipe away your
ears-I preach him au crer-presenf. al sym
eompassionate Jesus. How can
rou sfav away one nomen; from Him with
lulr s,riefsf Go nov Go and tel Jesus
II s often that our friends have no power
b reliaFe US They would very much like 70
81 10 bet they caunot diSsntalgie our finances;
iher caunuf cure our sickness and ruise our
lad. iuf glory b 70 God that He to whom
he disciples went has all power IN heaven and
~ earth, AID al our call he VIII balk our ca
ainiiies. and, AZ just the right time, in the
srtss-uoe cf an applaudinc earth and q re
ending heaven- all raise orr dead
r. VII d. r. He Is miehtier than Heroi.
g. i sNlfler than the storm. He is grander
lsan the ssa- He is Vnster than efarnitv
Aud every sword u COTS omnipotence will
zap from its scabbard and all the resourcsss
Z iuiluifF he exhausted, rather than that
ieds child shall not Be delivered when he